New Discussion Papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences
Oded Galor
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The “Out of Africa” Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor
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Inequality, Human Capital Formation and the Process of Development
Oded Galor
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor
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Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start
Pedro Carneiro, Rita Ginja
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The Effect of Ethnic Identity on the Employment of Immigrants
(revised version forthcoming in: Review of Economics of the Household)
Nick Drydakis
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Child Care Subsidies, Maternal Well-Being, and Child-Parent Interactions: Evidence from Three Nationally Representative Datasets
Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
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International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies
James Banks, James P. Smith
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Is There Such Thing as Middle Class Values? Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Jamele Rigolini, Florencia Torche
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Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities
Steve Gibbons, Sandra McNally, Martina Viarengo
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The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians
Brian Duncan, Stephen Trejo
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Less Myth, More Measurement: Decomposing Excess Returns from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike
Carl Lin
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